Co-organized by the American artist Michael Velliquette, and German artist Surya Gied,Knock Knock is a two-part exhibition presenting twelve artists from the USA in Germany (Spring 2016) and twelve German artists in the United States (Summer 2016).

Hope Ginsburg makes live work situated within or just “at the edge” of what can be considered everyday life. She uses a variety of strategies such as video, photographs, installation and object making to represent these activities. Ginsburg has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as MoMA PS1, Kunst-Werke Berlin, Wexner Center for the Arts, Baltimore Museum of Art and Sculpture Center. Ginsburg’s pedagogical project Sponge (2006–2015) was the focus of solo exhibitions at Solvent Space in Richmond, VA (2008) and CUE Art Foundation (2011). In 2010, the Sponge HQ a workshop, classroom and project space opened at the Anderson Gallery at VCU. A 2011 Art Matters Grant enabled her to learn to scuba dive so that she could see sponges in their reef habitats, from which she drew inspiration for a cooperative project for the 2013 Mercosul Biennial. In 2014 she began a new body of work at a Rauschenberg Residency entitled “Breathing on Land”. She is currently working on a new iteration of the “Land Dive Team” project for exhibitions this spring at Temple Contemporary and at Mass MoCA. Hope Ginsburg is an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts.